Photos of the Week: 7/22–7/28

A Russian spider, the annual Chincoteague Island Pony Swim, the Battle of Passchendaele in virtual reality, flooding in Turkey, drought in Germany, a peek inside the Mail Rail tunnels under London, and much more.

Chelsea pensioners John Kidman, 87, (left) and Bill 'Spud' Hunt, 83, wear Virtual Reality headsets during the Royal British Legion launch of the Battle of Passchendaele virtual reality content at the Household Cavalry Museum in Westminster, London, on July 25, 2017.#

Penny Veck, visitors experience manager, drives a battery-powered train inside the Mail Rail tunnels during a media preview of the new Postal Museum and the Mail Rail attraction in London on July 26, 2017. Snaking through special underground tunnels that have lain abandoned for years, London's Mail Rail is opening to the public for the first time for a ride on tiny trains that not even the Blitz could stop.#

An opposition demonstrator pushes a burning wooden reel towards a line of riot police during clashes ensuing an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 26, 2017. Venezuelans blocked off deserted streets Wednesday as a 48-hour opposition-led general strike aimed at thwarting embattled President Nicolas Maduro's controversial plans to rewrite the country's constitution got underway.#

A police officer and a firefighter try to stop Julio Lopez, who is carrying a knife in his hand, during a suicide attempt on top of the "Tree of Life" metal sculpture in Managua, Nicaragua, on July 27, 2017. Lopez was brought down shortly after by rescuers.#

Sub-saharan migrants wait to be rescued by aid workers of Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea, about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on July 25, 2017. More than 120 migrants were rescued Tuesday from the Mediterranean Sea while 13 more —including pregnant women and children— died in a crammed rubber raft, according to a Spanish rescue group.#

Dogs are bound in sacks before their slaughter at a dog meat butchery house on July 27, 2017, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesians have seen a surprising hike in dog meat sales even though the world's most populous Muslim country does not have a tradition of eating dogs due to their religion. According to reports, an increasing number of people started stealing dogs to sell to meat vendors for additional income, with up to 100,000 dogs slaughtered for consumption every year in Bali using inhumane and unsanitary methods. The sale of dog meat is not illegal in Indonesia, but animal cruelty and the sale of infected meat is, as footage uncovered by animal rights groups recently revealed dogs being kept for days in horrific conditions before being violently slaughtered and sold to unsuspecting tourists at food stalls on Balinese beaches, even though the local government has denied the allegations. Dog meat is known to be popular in some parts of Indonesia and other Asian countries but reports have indicated a surprising contrast with countries like South Korea and China, where the practice of eating dog meat have been increasingly shunned as incomes have risen, while many Indonesians who are too poor to eat livestock, they can still afford dogs or cats for consumption, which consumers believe can cure skin diseases and boost vitality.#

Visitors look at a digital installation produced by teamLab, an art collective, during the teamLab Jungle Light Art and Music Festival & Learn and Play! Future Park exhibition at the Shibuya Hikarie commercial complex on July 27, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.#

Hero Douglas poses as she swims in Llyn Mymbyr in the shadow of Snowdon and Snowdonia in North Wales on July 24, 2017 in Capel Curig, United Kingdom. Actress and singer Hero Douglas, aged 18, has been swimming in lakes and rivers since she was a child and often takes a plunge in the wild and chilly waters around her home in the Snowdonia foothills. Hero is a classical harpist, singer and actress and is currently on holiday before her current role in Ruby in the Dust Theatre company's production of Dorian Gray, moves from London to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.#

Cultural producer Camila Pimentel attends a march to mark International Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Women's Day, and protest against racist and sexist oppression, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 25, 2017.#

A Ukrainian serviceman fires a weapon towards the positions of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in the frontline town of Krasnohorivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on July 25, 2017.#

Participants playing the role of Spanish soldiers shoot their guns as they take part in a historical reenactment of a battle between Spanish and British troops held 220 years ago on the Valleseco beach of the Canary city of Santa Crz de Tenerife on July 21, 2017. On July 25, 1797, Spanish Lieutenant General Gutierrez and his troops battled British troops commanded by Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson during a naval attack against the island that every year is reenacted for several days in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.#

Riot police arrest an opposition activist during clashes following a march towards the Supreme Court of Justice in an offensive against President Maduro and his call for Constituent Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 22, 2017.#

The car driven by Martin Truex Jr. burns after a crash with Kyle Busch during the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, on July 23, 2017. Truex was able to exit the car unharmed.#

Village women stand next to flood debris in Runi village near Thara in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India, on July 27, 2017. Dozens of people have died in the state of Gujarat amid torrential rains.#

A boy stands next to a car crushed under rubble near the port of the Greek island of Kos following a 6.5 magnitude earthquake which struck the region on July 21, 2017. Two foreigners died and more than 100 people were injured on the Greek island of Kos when an earthquake shook popular Greek and Turkish holiday destinations in the Aegean Sea. The epicenter of the 6.7 magnitude quake was some 10.3 kilometers (6.4 miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, and 16.2 kilometers east of the island of Kos in Greece, the US Geological Survey said.#

The foundation walls of the village of Berich are pictured at the bank of the Edersee reservoir with low water level near Waldeck, Germany July 22, 2017. The village of Berich, which was flooded in 1914, appears during low levels of water.#

Immigrant Rosa Sabido, 53, cries as she sits on her bed in the United Methodist Church in which she lives while facing deportation in Mancos, Colorado, on July 19, 2017. For nearly two months since taking sanctuary at the church, in a small town in the mountains of southwest Colorado, Sabido has lived in a cramped room with a makeshift shower. She leaves her room to use the toilet, or stretch her legs in the garden, or attend worship services, but if she steps off church property she risks arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Sabido has been battling to stay in the United States for years, and has run out of legal options, but she is determined not to leave. “I will plea, I will cry, I will ask to whomever to let me stay by my mom,” she said. “This is home. This is where I live. This is where I have my life settled. This is where my parents are.” Sabido’s mother and stepfather are naturalized U.S. citizens.#